Taking a Break

Happy holidays, all! I cannot believe it's Christmas Eve! I'm at work for part of the day today, so it totally doesn't feel like it's Christmas tomorrow.

I went to the doctor yesterday. I did not get a Cortisone shot, because the doctor thought more rest would be better. Through all of his tests, I had no pain, so he's perplexed as to why I had pain on my run. He suggested wearing my knee brace to run from now on. So I'm going to rest until 2009, and then I'll try to run again. If my knee is still flaring up, then I'll get the shot right before we leave for Disney.

I probably won't blog much until after the holidays. I'm going to focus on resting and not thinking about running or the race. Instead I'm focusing on the great things that happened in 2008:

1. I got a new, amazing job.
2. Michael passed his LEED certification exam.
3. We expanded our family to include Boots Marmion, another massive orange cat.
4. I ran two half-marathons and exceeded my personal longest distance with an 18.5 mile run on 12/6/08.
5. We raised $4,265.00 to help eradicate blood cancers!!
5. Many of our friends got married, engaged, or had babies.
6. We have a wonderful family and more great friends than we can count.
7. We're healthy and happy.

That's the important stuff. I hope you all have a nice list of things to be happy about from 2008, and here's to a fantastic 2009!